The cost of telling the truth in the US

The cost of telling the truth in the US
By Kourosh Ziabari opinion-maker.org 

“Rick Sanchez is no longer with the company. We thank Rick for his years of 
service and we wish him well.” This frosty statement was the conclusion of Rick 
Sanchez’s 6-year-long career with the United States’ cable news network, CNN.

The award-winning Sanchez who had served in CNN’s Spanish service and covered 
the September 11 attacks for the network was fired on October 1 after granting 
an interview to the Sirius XM’s radio show “Stand Up With Pete Dominick” in 
which he implied that the Jews are dominating the mass media in the United 
States and just pretend to be a downtrodden, subjugated minority.

Sanchez criticized CNN’s Jewish “Daily Show” comedian Jon Stewart for directing 
offensive jokes at him in his nightly programs and called him a “bigot”. 
Answering a statement by Pete Dominick that Stewart belonged to a Jewish 
minority, Sanchez said: “Yeah, very powerless people. [laughs] He’s such a 
minority. I mean, you know, please. What—are you kidding? I’m telling you that 
everybody who runs CNN is a lot like Stewart, and a lot of people who run all 
the other networks are a lot like Stewart. And to imply that somehow they, the 
people in this country who are Jewish, are an oppressed minority?”

The skirmish between the two renowned media personalities became public when 
Stewart scoffed at Sanchez who had said in his “Rick’s List” show that he had 
received a Tweeter message from the House Republican leader John Boehner. 
Stewart called it a case of “send a twit a tweet”. Sanchez responded by telling 
Pete Dominick that Stewart couldn’t tolerate the media achievements of somebody 
who is of an ethnic minority: “He’s upset that someone of my ilk is almost at 
his level.”

Rick Sanchez explained that he grew up in a poor family whose members, including 
his father and mother, were subject to prejudice and oppression due to their 
Hispanic ethnicity. He complained that someone with a sumptuous background such 
as Jon Stewart can’t relate to what he has experienced during his life.

“I can’t see someone not getting a job these days because they’re Jewish,” he 
said.

And Sanchez is right. The most prominent media conglomerates of the United 
States are being run by influential Jews. Turner Broadcasting System’s chairman 
and CEO Philip I. Kent is a Jew, TimeWarner’s CEO Jeffrey Bewkes is a Jew, FOX 
NewsCorp’s CEO Peter Chernin is a Jew, Chairman of the Board of the National 
Amusements theater chain Sumner Redstone is a Jew, Paramount CEO’s Brad Grey is 
a Jew, Walt Disney/ABC’s CEO Robert Iger is a Jew, CBS’s CEO Leslie Moonves is 
Jew and NBC Universal’s CEO Jeff Zucker is a Jew.

By firing the Cuban-American news anchor and host, CNN demonstrated that those 
who assert that the United States is a “beacon of freedom” just make baseless 
and unfounded claims.

Although the circle of Zionist journalists began to applaud CNN for firing 
Sanchez immediately after the statement of his expulsion was released, the 
public opinion is well aware of the veracity of what Sanchez tried to imply. The 
mainstream media which are linked to the multinational corporations are being 
controlled by a troupe of well-off propagandists who advocate the interests of 
the state of Israel in the United States and raise funds to holdup AIPAC and 
other Zionist lobbies.

Over the past decades, pro-Israel billionaires and influential Jews made serious 
attempts to take over the media companies of the United States and promote their 
interests this way. In April 2007, a Chicago billionaire, Sam Zell bought the 
Tribune Company which is America’s third largest newspaper chain and includes 
the Chicago Tribune, the Los Angeles Times, Newsday and 23 TV stations. Zell is 
a major contributor to AIPAC.

There are several such instances which show that the media in the United States 
have simply lost their independence and succumbed to the Zionist lobbies. 
Whoever tries to cross the red line by touching on this issue will be silenced, 
even at the cost of switching off the beacon of freedom!

Kourosh Ziabari is an Iranian freelance journalist and media correspondent. His 
articles and interviews haveappeared on a number of media outlets and news 
websites including Tehran Times, Press TV, Global Research and Foreign Policy 
Journal and www.Opinion-Maker.Org